Swede Lime Afternoon (2022) Traditional

Swede Lime Afternoon (2022) TraditionalOil on canvas24 30 in A warm spring sun lights up fresh willow growth along the riverbank, turning new leaves almost electric against the lingering coolness of the water. Brushwork captures that fleeting moment in breakup season when the landscape shifts from muted to alive, and the first true greens return to the Yukon. Exhibition History Of This Place, The Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse, 2023 ProvenanceArtists Studio

The painting captures travel at its most elemental — endurance

the landscape isn’t wilderness

The last burst of yellow foliage clings to a mountainside

the work shows Halin’s willingness to break from convention and indulge in pure visual delight

while the storm-toned background intensifies the sense of a creature holding its ground against the world

earth exposed

celebrating light as subject

Oil on canvas20 × 24 in

thick with heat and late-day light

The trees rise on either side like pillars

Painted on the edge of thaw

A study of shifting riverbanks and exposed sandbars — a landscape in motion